New Archival Collections
The Leo Baeck Institute is continually collecting new archival materials related to the history of German-speaking Jews.
LBI Collections in Other Portals
The LBI works with other libraries and consortia to integrate our collections into their search portals so that they are discoverable in context with other similar materials.
Doris Orgel
The life and writing career of Austrian-born children's book author Doris Orgel (1929-2021), author of more than 50 children's and young adults' books.
Rabbi Walter Plaut and the 1961 Freedom Ride
The story of Rabbi Walter Plaut's (1919–1964) participation in the Interfaith Freedom Ride in 1961, told based on the Walter Plaut Scrapbook in the collection of the LBI Archives.
Austrian Heritage Collection
The Austrian Heritage Collection documents the history of Austrian-Jewish émigrés who fled to the US during the Nazi years through oral history interviews and collection of archival materials.
Gertrud Kolmar's Lyrical Body
Gertrud Kolmar's powerful poetic voice drew the reader inward into the poet's internal being. Kolmar continued to write, even as the world fell apart around her during the Holocaust.
Marianne Rein's Europa
Marianne Rein was a promising young poet when, in 1941, she was deported to the Riga concentration camp. The Jacob Picard Collection at LBI has the largest body of her literary legacy.
Norbert Troller
Norbert Troller, a Czech Jewish architect, provides an eye witness account to the infamous Theresienstadt ghetto through his art.
Johanna Meyer: The Radio Princess
Johanna Meyer-Lövinson (1874-1958) captivated audiences with her literature readings. She was one of the first women on the radio in Germany and a friend and promoter of German authors and literature.